[KarenWDWCP]

Our original plan when we first started planning the trip was to spend 2 nights in Tampa Bay, get up early Monday morning and head to WDW. But after thinking more about it, we realized that the afternoon game would be over by 5:00 at the latest, the drive would probably take us about 2 hours and the traffic on a Sunday afternoon would theoretically be less than on a Monday morning. Plus we would get more time at WDW.

So, we changed our plans to be one night in Tampa Bay and then off to the World. Because the parking lots are so jammed at the Trop, we had decided that we would sit around for a bit after the game to let the crowds thin out and then take off. We had seen the massive traffic the night before and wanted to avoid it if possible.

Apparently, it is not possible as it took us AGES to even get to the highway (and had us thankful for our backroute driving cab driver the night before who somehow avoided all the traffic and got us back to the hotel super fast). To make a long story short, I thought we were never going to get off that 7 mile bridge over Tampa Bay. It took us just over three hours to get to WDW!

In cheesy Karen fashion, I popped in a CD and played "A Dream is Wish your Heart Makes" as we drove under the WDW sign. My dad just shook his head and laughed at my ridiculousness. We pulled into the Beach Club and breathed a sigh of relief and I soaked in that WDW smell ( I SWEAR it smells different there!) We were finally here!